precious

agony, agony, dream, leaven, and dream
1. typeface

it gives up questioning
the meat.
it eats whatever's dead on the ground.

2. a noteable source

a dish of kings:
liver and
fava beans.

tell-tale detrius: red,
its repository the face
of what's-its-name.

3. not to say i didn't enjoy it

(purple
over red)
pigeon-toed

over the graves of
some of our finest dead.
(red

over black) the object-rich
dirt: lightless earth
and the raw meat.

4. (dream)
your hair
about
my wrists,

lover,
when i
am dead.

blue veins
that beat
for you only:

tie their stillness
together, tie it
in that// /black/// / /river.

5. (break)
e questo?
songs piecemeal
in the wind--

e questo?
is it still singing,
precious?

e questo?
(wind against
a face)

e questo?
(pellucid
in meat)

e questo?
and this one?
god, and this one?